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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll have it lobotomized in a few days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay but have you ever tried just throwing genAI at the problem and not caring about the consequences?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meritocracy"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Had to be a sick ostrich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Meritocracy"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump has no idea what signal is. He basically has no real concept of what this scandal is about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I got the head unit changed in my Subaru . In the Subaru, the systems that the Head Unit controls (entertainment system, backup cam, Sat NAV) are totally separate from critical systems. So everything the head unit controls can fail and the car will still work.

  And you’re right, there’s an interface/translation layer . In my case the guy used an iDataLink Maestro. It seems the only thing the iDataLink company does provide interfaces that allow head units to talk to car computers, so that the Head unit manufacturers don’t have to bother.

  I’m not sure such separation is common in EVs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Americans can't coo-"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And older guy said sometimes people would season and bag steaks and keep them submerged in hot tubs in the 80s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israelis mock Palestinian children in viral TikTok 'prank call' trend⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hitler Youth vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I wouldn’t put it past them to try to hide the real sales numbers. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re down 90+ percent and the company is effectively dead already. The board of directors are Elon’s creatures and their personal wealth will depend on keeping the facade (and stock price) up so they aren’t about to cry foul.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Low Budget Terminator⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The sausage steering wheel is pure gold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember this?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure I had that same mouse movement thing happen. That was a deeply buried memory until you mentioned it .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The science is divided⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay but all monkeys are sharks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon boss Jeff Bezos could face prison over knife sales to children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Odds are actually less than a meteorite randomly killing him , and those odds are literally astronomical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨no words, much feelings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The real trick is to build these in places where the tap water is naturally cold, and to heat the free stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They get away with it because they don’t have serious competition and the reason for that is that allowing anyone to upload videos for free, to be viewed by anyone else for free, is by itself not a viable business model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donald Trump imposes tariffs but Canada and Mexico hit back⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why he wouldnt. We did the same thing last time. I think this round will get worse. There won’t be a free trade deal at the end of it, I think that era is gone. I think Canada and Mexico will have to take further measures eventually, moving away from American IP agreements and doing it in such a way that it forms a model for other countries that are hit with US tariffs .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A baby boomer tried to show me a positive side to the cost of living crisis. It didn't help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the sort of thing someone says when they have nothing to say but feel like they should say something. Sort of like being 200 words short in a 500 word essay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with male loneliness?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Others have explained it (places where social interaction is the primary intent - not home and not work) but I’ll add - old European cities (and most smaller towns) have some sort of public square. Many have lasted to this day and are still used. We can still build them, we but our chosen form of urbanization isn’t that conducive to it so we don’t. In North America in the 80 and into the 90s, malls we’re 3rd place. Then they started aggressively going after loitering in malls since simply sitting in a mall doesn’t produce economic activity. Many malls died and many are still dying. Those that survived achieved the - nobody goes there to chill anymore. Just to buy what they need, maybe eat, and then leave. Nobody plans to “meet at the mall” anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM® CAPTCHA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The hit boxes appear to be huge. I got it just by turning and shooting from the starting position.

  Fun, but a relatively simple script could likely be developed to solve these.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does that even work?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Equal under the law or something⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that PR might play into whether a specific attack is terrorism or not undermines the whole concept.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PaulRuddWTFHappenedHere.jpg

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dentist the Menace⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A concept doesn’t become acceptable just because the French have a term for it. Usually that’s a red flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One day your Internet search history is going to traumatize a police officer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Journalist asking the hard questions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is commander in chief an active military position?

  I think it’s specifically not a military position. The president being a civilian is how in theory the military must operate under civilian control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Netflix exclusive⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t watch the whole thing but Paul’s shots didn’t even seem like they had any power behind them. He won on points obviously because Tyson was drained but it felt like even old man Tyson could have just stood there and tanked those weak-ass punches.

  Disclaimer: all I know about boxing I learned from Rocky movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I home they own Jones’ likeness to the point where they can give DJs the rights to remix his shouts into something of value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube tests removing viewer counts — here’s what we know⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In this case YouTube can do literally anything they want due to the lack of real alternatives. Hosting videos for free, for anyone (and any number of viewers) to watch, for free, is rather predictably not a very profitable business model. If you want to see what it takes to actually be profitable with such a model, look at the average free porn site. Extremely intrusive ads everywhere. If you don’t want to pay, and ads are the only revenue, advertisers are the customer, not you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pee posting?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Still a better love story than twilight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mom of the year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NGL if HBO made this into a 6 part miniseries I would watch. I would hate myself as I watched but I would watch.